https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grQ8f5oOcY4&feature=youtu.be

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"for profit exploitation copies"? Yeah, fight the power, dude.

Actually, the only beef I have with that Dave's Picks release is that with the availability of so many shows online official releases have been released just because lost reels are found. I don't think this show is really all that great. It sounds OK on the release, but until the DS > SS > 11 thing it's just shrug-your-shoulders average. The full, 35-minute Lovelight really is the only reason to go there. I think this early New Speedway, with those "harmonies" from Bobby and Phil, sounds absolutely ridiculous.

Thanks to the Internet Archive we have free and open Dead concerts as they intended. Others (see below) use this site to promote for-profit exploitation copies limited to ONLY the FIRST 13,000 buyers.

The missing reels were found and this whole show has been released:

http://www.dead.net/store/daves-picks-store/daves-picks-volume-6-san-francisco-122069-cd-st-louis-2270

Epic Lovelight !! Only worthy of 5***** !! Breakout NSB, also the China/Rider & Eleven jams are on fire :)

[One way or another, this darkness got to give]

Pigpen is on one of his most classic rants when the tape cuts. Anyone have the full version? I'm very interested in the rest of his relationship advice. The other guys in the band must have thought he was hilarious.

An interesting New Speedway Boogie, being the first performance you can tell it's still coming together, but they'd soon get a good hold on the song during the summer of 1970. Always love The Eleven, it's too bad Dark Star and Saint Stephen are cut out though, but I can't complain it's still an excellent recording.

I think New Speedway Boogie is written in relation to the events of Altamont earlier in the month, not Kent State. Good show but would be good to have entire show.

Sure the sound is bad but its a miracle that we even get to hear these shows considering how old they are. We can't complain about how bad the sound quality is. If the Dead sucked cuz they were tripping too hard thats one thing but to complain because the music is skipping or popping is unreasonable.

Lets keep it real and remark on the music.... not the sound quality of 40+ year old reels.

peace brothers!! Not the best performance @ Fillmore 69...

fun show, lots of energy (for the time) on China > Rider, great job on the first NSB, just a little rough around the edges. Lovelight is above average and has a unique rap with some shocking elements!

good show good sound not an extreme stand out show but its 69 and it sounds good so that will do for me ,early china>rider combo is nice to hear

... to understand. First, download this show as well as the Fillmore show (29th). They both purport to be the first acoustic show, because of Bill being late. Im very interested in the band's transistion from the machine-eating psychedlic monster of the late 60's to the sweet/sad acoustic combo of the early 70's. Any ideas? For instance, was Bill actually late to both shows, leading to the same type of acoustic set as a result? And was it actually only serendipidy that led to the acoustic stuff. Naturally it became a mjor part of the trip during 1970 (with the NRPS shows). Also, has anyone else notoced how often NSB is described as a reaction to Kent State? The timeline seems to blow that analysis away...
At any rate, this is WONDERFUL music. Do yourself a favor and git it, right this very second.

Nothing remarkable here. There is what sounds like CD skipping on China Cat. Sound is good but has some tape hiss between songs. High Time gets a little rough to listen to. First known New Speedway Boogie.